Genesis 29:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.”

Genesis 29:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 29:1912 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לָבָןlāvānLaban

טוֹבṭwōvGood

תִּתִּיtitîGive

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

לָךְlāḵəTo

מִתִּתִּיmititîFrom give

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man

אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder

שְׁבָהšəvāhSit

עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לָבָןlāvānLaban

טוֹבṭwōvGood

תִּתִּיtitîGive

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

לָךְlāḵəTo

מִתִּתִּיmititîFrom give

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man

אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder

שְׁבָהšəvāhSit

עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with

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